Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
I used to sell bottles of Quaaludes when I was 14 years old. There was this nurse that lived by us, and I would get bottles for 50 bucks apiece. Huntington Beach in the 80s. Yes… I did a lot of other drugs too!
I’m so grateful to the Lord brought me out of that lifestyle. It was pretty rough for a while there. However; I will say that we did have some of the best acid. Timothy Leary was living just down the street in Laguna Beach.
My ex husband dated a nurse in LA who helped get the gerbil out of oh, what's his names butt.. Richard Gere! Cray cray stuff. Yes he is older than me. We divorced now. Lol
Yeah, growing up in Southern California was bizarre. I haven’t lived there in probably 25 years. Well, except for the time I lived at my dad’s house in kern county. That was about 3 to 5 years to taking care of him, and then after he passed away, liquidating his assets.
I'm not from the valley myself. But there was a big fish store in town of Reseda. Don't know the name. Later after the bad earthquake became a pottery store.
I lived in Reseda during that earthquake! Going through that prepared me for what we are going through now as far as being prepped with food, water, medical, gas up all vehicles before they hit half a tank and most important, keeping small denominations of cash - right after the earthquake, when you tried to purchase food or water they NEVER had change to give back! You had to have the exact amount! Crazy times
That’s interesting because that’s where my dad lived before he moved up to Kern county Bear Valley Springs area. I had to help him put his house back together after that Northridge earthquake. I just remember driving up and down the road and everybody’s brick walls were in the streets.
Oh, my. Sorry for that. My ex husband is from the San Fernando Valley. He moved to SC in the '90's. Reseda.
Rofht across from the post.office.
“Huntington Beach in the 80s”
The setting of Tapping The Source, which influenced many other stories (Point Break, North Shore, Lost Boys, The Beach, The Informers, etc) and included some topics that Q posted about.
Sort of makes you wonder….